Kovylkino

Kovylkino (English) Ковылкино (Russian) Лашма (Moksha)
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Location of the Republic of Mordovia in Russia
Kovylkino Location of Kovylkino in the Republic of Mordovia
Coordinates: 54°02′25″N 43°55′17″E / 54.04028°N 43.92139°E / 54.04028; 43.92139Coordinates: 54°02′25″N 43°55′17″E / 54.04028°N 43.92139°E / 54.04028; 43.92139

Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of September 2011)
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Republic of Mordovia
Administratively subordinated to	town of republic significance of Kovylkino
Administrative center of	Kovylkinsky District, town of republic significance of Kovylkino
Municipal status (as of March 2010)
Municipal district	Kovylkinsky Municipal District
Urban settlement	Kovylkino Urban Settlement
Administrative center of	Kovylkinsky Municipal District, Kovylkino Urban Settlement
Statistics
Population (2010 Census)	21,307 inhabitants
Time zone	MSK (UTC+03:00)
Town status since	1960

Kovylkino (Russian: Ковы́лкино; Moksha: Лашма) is a town in the Republic of Mordovia, Russia, located 116 kilometers (72 mi) southwest of Saransk on the left bank of the Moksha River (a tributary of the Oka). Population: 21,307 (2010 Census);21,873 (2002 Census);21,615 (1989 Census).

Town status was granted to it in 1960.

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kovylkino serves as the administrative center of Kovylkinsky District, even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is, together with the settlement of Sosnovy Bor, incorporated separately as the town of republic significance of Kovylkino—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Kovylkino is incorporated within Kovylkinsky Municipal District as Kovylkino Urban Settlement.